"Twin Peaks meets Shirley Jackson." Jennifer Wright, bestselling author and former political editoratlarge for Harper's Bazaar Some houses whisper. This one screams. In the heart of Raven's Cross, Virginia, the decaying Scott house looms. Its brokenwindow eyes watch a town desperate to forget. When Roxy, a teenage girl, vanishes into a sweltering night, longburied fears erupt, and suspicion turns savage. The townspeople turn on the newcomers, blaming them for what they refuse to face in themselves. As polite smiles crack and old grudges resurface, Raven's Cross's genteel mask begins to slip, revealing the rot beneath. Timothy Michaels came to town chasing a story. A true crime podcaster investigating the haunted legacy of the Scott house, he never expected to be pulled into something so immediateand so dangerous. Alongside unexpected allies, Tim begins to unearth a legacy of complicity and crueltyone the town would kill to keep buried. Because, in Raven's Cross, the shadows don't just linger. They burn.